Infection caused due to hospital acquired microbes is an evolving problem worldwide, and horizontal transmission of bacterial organisms continues to cause a high nosocomial infection rate in health care settings. Nosocomial infections due to poor hand hygiene are a major cause of increasing morbidity, mortality and health care costs among hospitalized patients worldwide. (1) These infections are the most common adverse events resulting from a stay in the hospital affecting approximately 5 to 10% of hospitalized patients in the developed world (2) and 19.1% in developing countries. The impact of health care-associated infections (HCAIs) implies prolonged hospital stay, long-term disability, increased resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobials,
